House roll call 290 · 41st Congress · May 26, 1870
To amend S.J. RES. 121, by providing that the United States shall have the right at all times to take possession of and own the road of said company and all its
On May 26, 1870, the House voted 52–115 (SJR 121). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 36–89, Democrats 16–24, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 52 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 52
- No
- 115
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- May 26, 1870
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 89 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 24 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL voted yes
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL voted yes
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL voted yes
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- John Breese Hay R-IL voted yes
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted yes
- John Coburn R-IN voted yes
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- James Noble Tyner R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- William Williams R-IN voted yes
- Jasper Packard R-IN voted yes
- Sidney Clarke R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- John McConnell Rice D-KY voted yes
- James Buffinton R-MA voted yes
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO voted yes
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO voted yes
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted yes
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH voted yes
- William Moore R-NJ voted yes
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- James Brooks D-NY voted yes
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted yes
- William Lawrence R-OH voted yes
- James January Winans R-OH voted yes
- John Beatty R-OH voted yes
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH voted yes
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted yes
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted yes
- George Washington Woodward D-PA voted yes
- John Black Packer R-PA voted yes
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted yes
- John Cessna R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN voted yes
- William Jay Smith R-TN voted yes
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted yes
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted yes
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Robert Stell Heflin R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Horatio Chapin Burchard R-IL
- John Baldwin Hawley R-IL
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thompson Ware Mcneely D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- John Breese Hay R-IL
- John Montgomery Crebs D-IL
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Noble Tyner R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Jasper Packard R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John McConnell Rice D-KY
- James Buffinton R-MA
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg R-MO
- Joel Funk Asper R-MO
- David Patterson Dyer R-MO
- Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Henry Augustus Reeves D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Clarkson Nott Potter D-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- William Lawrence R-OH
- James January Winans R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson D-OH
- Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH
- Jacob A. Ambler R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- John Dodson Stiles D-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- John Black Packer R-PA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA
- John Cessna R-PA
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- William Jay Smith R-TN
- Isaac Harding Duval R-WV
- James Clark Mcgrew R-WV
- John Seashoal Witcher R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Charles Hays R-AL
- Peter Myndert Dox D-AL
- William Crawford Sherrod D-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- Julius Levi Strong R-CT
- Stephen Wright Kellogg R-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- William Smyth R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Pomeroy R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- George Merrick Brooks R-MA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Patrick Hamill D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Samuel Plummer Morrill R-ME
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Lewis Stoughton R-MI
- Austin Blair R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Randolph Strickland R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson D-MN
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd R-MO
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett R-MO
- George Emrick Harris R-MS
- Henry W. Barry R-MS
- George Colin Mckee R-MS
- Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS
- Clinton Levering Cobb R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Francis Edwin Shober D-NC
- John Taffe R-NE
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- John Taylor Bird D-NJ
- Orestes Cleveland D-NJ
- Thomas Fitch R-NV
- John Godfrey Schumaker D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- William Almon Wheeler R-NY
- Charles Knapp R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- George Washington Cowles R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Noah Davis R-NY
- David Smith Bennett R-NY
- Porter Sheldon R-NY
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- John Armstrong Smith R-OH
- Erasmus Darwin Peck R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- William Hanford Upson R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Joseph Showalter Smith D-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- Washington Townsend R-PA
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Scott Negley R-PA
- Darwin Phelps R-PA
- Joseph Benton Donley R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- William Farrand Prosser R-TN
- John Coggswell Conner D-TX
- Richard Small Ayer R-VA
- George William Booker O-VA
- Lewis Mckenzie O-VA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- David Atwood R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Alfred Eliab Buck R-AL
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- William Wiseham Paine D-GA
- Richard Henry Whiteley R-GA
- Marion Bethune R-GA
- Jefferson Franklin Long R-GA
- Stephen Alfestus Corker D-GA
- William Pierce Price D-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- George Washington Mccrary R-IA
- William Penn Wolf R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Francis Wayland Palmer R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Jesse Hale Moore R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- William Northcut Sweeney D-KY
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- Boyd Winchester D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Frank Morey R-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel Hambleton D-MD
- Thomas Swann D-MD
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Erastus Wells D-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- David Heaton R-NC
- Joseph Dixon R-NC
- John Manning Jr. D-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Henry Warner Slocum D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- George Woodward Greene D-NY
- John Ashley Griswold D-NY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham D-NY
- Stephen Sanford R-NY
- Charles Horace Holmes R-NY
- John Fisher R-NY
- Peter Wilson Strader D-OH
- Job Evans Stevenson R-OH
- William Mungen D-OH
- Truman Harrison Hoag D-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- John Moffet D-PA
- John Roberts Reading D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge R-SC
- Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC
- Lewis Tillman R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- George Washington Whitmore R-TX
- William Thomas Clark R-TX
- Edward Degener R-TX
- James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA
- Charles Howell Porter R-VA
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke O-VA
- Robert Ridgway O-VA
- William Milnes Jr. O-VA
- James King Gibson O-VA
- Charles Wesley Willard R-VT
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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